Aarktica - Pure Tone Audiometry

Jon DeRosa cannot seem to sit still. Under the guise Aarktica, he has released two full-length albums in just two years, not to mention an EP and countless compilation appearances on numerous different labels. For Aarktica's newest full-length, however, DeRosa returns home to Silber Records, where he released Aarktica's stunning debut No Solace in Sleep back in 2000. Pure Tone Audiometry, Aarktica's third full-length album, is the follow-up to its Bliss Out v. 18, released on Darla Records in early 2002. The title of the new album refers to a behavioral test measure used to determine hearing sensitivity, which DeRosa underwent several years ago after permanently losing hearing in his right ear. Many of the songs on PTA allude to this experience and its aftermath. An oddly eclectic individual, DeRosa tends to enjoy the dynamic of opposites. He is a graduate music technology student at NYU, who is also a serious student of traditional North Indian classical music; a borderline ag